Gender-Related Clinical Differences in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / 대한정신약물학회지

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Some reports have shown the gender-related clinical differences in Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but no study has yet been done in Korea. The purpose of this study was to investigate the gender-related differences of clinical features in the obsessive-compulsive patients in Korea. METHODS: Two hundred forty nine patients with OCD were included in this study; 180 subjects were male and 69 subjects were female. The two groups were analyzed in terms of demographic data including clinical variable, Y-BOCS (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale) scores, clinical course and treatment response. RESULTS: We found the earlier age at onset of OC symptoms in males and the more frequent washing and somatization type in female. There were no gender difference in comorbidity, clinical course and the treatment response. CONCLUSION: We could observe some of the gender-related clinical differences in Korean OCD patients. The further studies would be required to evaluate the gender difference in the long-term clinical course and therapeutic response of Korean OCD patients.